The Long, Long Trail, Cynthia HarrodEagles
The Long, Long Trail, Cynthia HarrodEagles
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The Long, Long Trail
War at Home, 1917

Author: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrator: Penelope Freeman

Unabridged: 12 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/15/2017


Synopsis

In 1917 the Great War rages on, and for the Hunters, their friends and their servants the war is where they live now.

David has returned from the Front a shadow of his former self; his sister Diana, newly married, copes with pregnancy alone, her husband at the Front. Aunt Laura, eager for challenge, goes to France with an ambulance; while Beattie struggles to manage war work and household, while racked with her secret guilt and a new threat of exposure.

U-boat attacks face Britain with starvation, and with the worsening privation comes a new horror as Germany begins a lethal bombing campaign. But even in the darkest hours of war, new life and new hope can burgeon, with the promise that the future might still hold happiness for them all.

The Long, Long Trail is the fourth book in the War at Home series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, author of the much-loved Morland Dynasty novels. Set against the real events of 1917, at home and on the front, this is a vivid and rich family drama featuring the Hunter family and their servants.

About Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is the author of the hugely popular Morland Dynasty novels, which have captivated and enthralled readers for decades. She is also the author of the contemporary Bill Slider mystery series, as well as her recent series, Ashmore Castle, and War at Home, which is an epic family drama set against the backdrop of World War I. Cynthia's passions are music, wine, horses, architecture and the English countryside.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Teresa

I'm loving this series. I always find it takes time to get into the next in a series when it's been some time since I read the last. Not with this one, after a couple of pages it was like I'd read the previous one last week. It was great to meet the Hunter family again to travel along with them in t......more

Goodreads review by KOMET

The novel begins on Christmas Day, 1916 and then quickly progresses into 1917. The war for the Hunter Family and its servants, as well as for Britain, has become all-consuming. No-one, not a corner of the country has been left untouched by the war's effects, both direct and indirect. Starvation loom......more

Goodreads review by CLM

Despite the tragedies of World War I that affect the Hunter family, this series is more relaxed than CHE's darker Morland saga and continues to be very enjoyable. Glad in this entry that Cook finds a beau!......more

Goodreads review by Helen

Read Dec 2021 NYPL book......more

Goodreads review by Alexa

Tore through this one as well! Don't you love it when you find a book you love, and it turns out to be part of a series? Book #4, not meant to be read alone, start with book 1 as the series is essentially one long story.......more


Quotes

An insightful look at the impact of war on everyday lives Choice